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Newspaper

Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel

Location

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1891

Page

5

Deaths and notices from Lafayette area society

Caroline Emrick of Pleasant township dies at forty nine after consuming illness. Marriage licenses issued to Christian Schape and Lizzie Schultz. Fourth of July excursion rates announced by railroads. Various local residents and visitors named with movements, weddings, and illnesses. Family announcements include anniversaries, travel to Notre Dame, and local eulogies. A busy note on court cases, bids, and municipal news closes with deaths and accidents.

Caroline Emrick Pleasant Township Charles Young Columbia Street Christian Schape Lizzie Schultz Joseph Ehinger Gar Creek Ind Willis H. Souder Heidelberg University Tiffin Ohio D. W. Souder Gaffney South Calhoun Street B. McCarthy Mary Cleveland Knights of St. John Phillip Wassman Toledo Lafayette Courier Fort Wayne Charles W. Thurman Seidel Mies Carrie George DeWald Henry J. Bouret J. F. Delaney Beuret James E. Graham Stark County Andrew Jackson Allen County

Fatal Bath Tragedy at Centlivre Brewery Bayou

Simon Ganz a German worker at Centlivre brewery drowned in the old canal bayou while swimming with Sibel brothers. He sank after cramps and was recovered at 2 pm. Ganz, 26, unmarried, had a sister in Detroit. Funeral at St Marys church Tuesday morning. Body found by Jacob Peters and his sons.

Simon Ganz Centlivre Sibel Brothers Ganz Detroit St. Mary’s Catholic Church Jacob Peters George Jake

Early Bluffton settler Almon Case and a wayward son

Almon Case, an early Wells County settler known as a down east yankee, lived near Bluffton in the Case homestead. His son Scott shot him in a long-ago incident, sending Scott abroad. a 1891 letter reveals unsettled estate and family ties to Bluffton, including Mrs Dostor Horton and Mrs Snyder Filson, both now deceased. The elder Case later thrived, visiting Fort Wayne by farm wagon and leaving a notable family legacy.

Eugene 8. Thomas Barnett Leipsic Free Press W. J. Carter Findlay Fort Wayne Ind Wood County Standard Oil Company August Meier Goeglein Station Meier Maysville Road Daemling Conocordia College Schoenebeck Germany St. Paul’s Wells County Almon Case Yankee Bluffton Scott Mr. Case Swain New Orleons Almon Qase Scott Oase Dostor Horton Snyder Filson

Pleasant seventy sixth birthday celebration at Mrs Freeman’s home

A large family reunion marked Mrs Mary L Freeman of Potter Station Allen County Indiana celebrating her seventy six birthday. Eleven children attended except two sons two died in the Civil War and Topeks Kansas. Present children include Catharine Blubaugh Emma Kniss Wm Snyder Henry Snyder Etta Freeman Edward Snyder Sophia Kniss Miss Jennie Freeman and Wm Freeman. Fifty seven guests joined a bountiful dinner and a group photo was taken by a photographer from Churubasco Indiana plus gifts from relatives and friends.

David M. Robinson High Street Juaniata County Richland County Ohio Sage Allen County Pleasant Township Indiana John W. McCartney W. W. Pratt Cal Cleveland Harvey Henry Evy Parker Church Gaff Flora Alexander Luethi No. 1 North Calhoun Street Schaaf Mary L. Freeman Potter Station Ind John Snyder Jonathan Snyder Topeks Kansas Mis Catharine Blubaugh Plymouth Marshal County Emma Peoria County Wm. Freeman Ani Jonas Snyder Williams County Lester Churubasco

Fort Wayne Driving Club Site Chosen for State Encampment

Adjutant General Rockle and Quartermaster General Pope arrived from Indianapolis to inspect sites for the state military encampment. They evaluated the Fort Wayne Driving Club grounds near the institute for the feeble minded, deeming it superior to prior options and selecting it. Major Zollinger, Majors Siver and Tillo accompanied them before they returned home.

Rockle Pope Ruckle Zollinger Siver Tillo

Tramp Hit by Pittsburg Train Near Arcola

J. O. Donnell reportedly sleeping on a railroad track near Arcola was struck by a locomotive last Wednesday at 10 PM. The train dragged him fifty feet into a ditch where he was found alive but unconscious by workmen. He was taken to St. Joseph Hospital by officials and Dr. G. O. Stemen, with internal injuries likely fatal. Relatives at Big Run, Pennsylvania, were notified.

J. O. Donnell Pittsburg Arcola St. Joe Hospital G. O. Stemen Donnell Big Run, Pa

Burglars Strike A N Ehle Store On Broad Way

Three straight nights of burglaries end with Thursday theft at A N Ehle’s cigar shop at 178 Broad Way. Entry through a transom yielded imitation meerschaum pipes briar pipes cigar holders and several boxes of cigars. No witnesses or crew to trace the thefts.

N. Ehle Broadway Ehle

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